What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Voted "The Greatest Briton," by his country, Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965. After lying in state, at Westminster, he had a state funeral ...
For centuries, London's Fleet Prison was a terrible place. People who owed debts were routinely jailed there.
Known as Dostoevsky's most-violent novel, "Demons" is based on a real-life murder which took place in 1869.
Not long after she received her diary, as a birthday present, Anne Frank and her father took a walk together near their Amsterdam home.
The U.S. government used the domino theory to justify taking action in Vietnam. A political cartoon, however, turns that theory upside down.
Despite her obvious intelligence, Dorothy Height faced racial discrimination during her youth. Barnard College refused to accept her, but Height was ...
Charlie Ford is a member of Jesse James' gang, but he is enticed by a large reward to double-cross his friend.
Colored photos depicting the plight of people in the Great Depression are rare. See a grouping including this dugout home and its adjacent garden (loc...
Edward Coke, a leading 17th-century jurist and expert on Common Law, wrote a series of works about the topic between 1628 and 1644.
You think that differing politics cause hostility now? See the results of the 1800 election in which Thomas Jefferson (a Democratic-Republican) defeat...
After South Carolina rejoined the Union, African-American males could vote. More blacks were involved in government in South Carolina than in any othe...
Helping to unite England, Elizabeth of York marries Henry Tudor.
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